CHAP. III. Of the vse and vertues of the herbe called Gratia Dei, a kinde of Geranium in English blew Storkes bill.
TAke of Gratia Dei, dried in the shadow, and beaten in∣to sine powder, ℥ j, Cinamon ʒ j, cloues, ℈ j, wheate flowre, lb j, orenges condite, ℥ j, make thereof a past, with honie, and bake it in the ouen with bread: but take great heed,* 1.1 that it burne not. Of this you shall giue ℥ j, to purge against many infirmities: but aboue the rest against Scro∣phulae, against scabs, and the white scall. For it euacuateth onely the superfluous humiditie of the body, it drieth and is appropriate for such kinde of infirmities.* 1.2 Howbeit you must note, that all soluble medecines are not fit, for one dis∣ease or complexion: for chiefly and properly, Rubarb pur∣geth choller, blacke Hellebore auoideth melācholie, Dane∣wort dispossesseth the body of flegme, and this herbe clen∣seth the bloud.* 1.3 Therefore euery one hath his peculiar pro∣pertie: though sometime either of them, may worke, vpon more causes then one, yet not so properly or simply, but by accident, and in regard of circumstances.
* 1.4Two drammes of the powder of this herbe, dronke in wine, or broth, prouoketh vomite and siege, and is very good for such as are lunatike.* 1.5 It helpeth or at the least delayeth the extremitie of the feuer. It is good against greefes of the stomacke, and wind in the bellie.
* 1.6A decoction thereof made with ley, helpeth putrified vlcers, if they be washed therewith: for as it purgeth the sto∣macke, so it clenseth the sore, and healeth it quicklie, if you wet a cloth, in the said ley, and applie it thereunto.